This element is used to indicate that a particular type or member is preliminary and is subject to change.
This top-level element is valid on all types and type members.
<preliminary />
or
<preliminary>description</preliminary>The self-closing version will insert a default message into the topic stating "This API is preliminary and subject to change". You can supply inner text on the element to provide a message of your choosing.
This element is used to mark individual types or members as preliminary. Build tools such as the Sandcastle Help File Builder provide a project property that can be used to mark the entire help file as preliminary. This saves you from having to annotate every single class and member with this element.
Note
This is a custom XML comments element implemented by Sandcastle. It will not appear in the list of valid elements for XML comments IntelliSense. If applied to a type, the preliminary message will be propagated to all members of the type and will appear in their topics as well.
/// <summary>
/// This method may go away or its signature may change in a later release.
/// </summary>
/// <preliminary />
/// <conceptualLink target="c16bece7-694e-48ca-802d-cf3ae9205c55" />
public void PreliminaryExample()
{
}
/// <summary>
/// A temporary method
/// </summary>
/// <preliminary>This method will be going away in the production release.</preliminary>
/// <conceptualLink target="c16bece7-694e-48ca-802d-cf3ae9205c55" />
public void TemporaryMethod()
{
}